2025
Practices in Exercise and Health I
Name: Practices in Exercise and Health I
Code: DES14914L
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Human Kinetics
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Knowledge:
1. Understand the functioning of a health club or an institution that promotes physical exercise programs and its relationship with the surrounding community;
2. Master equipment usage guidelines, correction of incorrect techniques, and user safety assurance;
3. Comprehend the principles of designing group classes, including periodization, exercise selection, and structure;
4. Acquire knowledge of physical assessment principles and exercise prescription.
Skills:
1. Provide guidance and support to users in the weightlifting room;
2. Lead group classes, instructing and effectively motivating participants;
3. Conduct comprehensive physical assessments and prescribe customized training programs.
Competencies:
1. Deal with a variety of users, from beginners to experienced athletes;
2. Handle challenging situations during classes and ensure a positive environment;
3. Manage the training process, demonstrating adaptability to the environment and needs.
1. Understand the functioning of a health club or an institution that promotes physical exercise programs and its relationship with the surrounding community;
2. Master equipment usage guidelines, correction of incorrect techniques, and user safety assurance;
3. Comprehend the principles of designing group classes, including periodization, exercise selection, and structure;
4. Acquire knowledge of physical assessment principles and exercise prescription.
Skills:
1. Provide guidance and support to users in the weightlifting room;
2. Lead group classes, instructing and effectively motivating participants;
3. Conduct comprehensive physical assessments and prescribe customized training programs.
Competencies:
1. Deal with a variety of users, from beginners to experienced athletes;
2. Handle challenging situations during classes and ensure a positive environment;
3. Manage the training process, demonstrating adaptability to the environment and needs.
Contents
Exercise Room
1. Facility Management: Equipment, safety, and room organization;
2. Safety: Instructions, injury prevention, and equipment usage;
3. Anatomy and Physiology: Body functioning in strength training;
4. Training Plans: Individual programs for room users.
Group Classes
1. Construction Principles: Structure, sequence, and periodization of classes;
2. Modalities: Cycling, yoga, functional training, etc.;
3. Instruction: Leadership, motivation, and guidance;
4. Performance: Methods for assessing and enhancing performance;
5. Safety: Injury prevention and a secure environment.
Exercise Prescription
1. Physical Assessment: Measurement techniques, tests, and risk analysis;
2. Exercise Prescription: Customized programs based on goals;
3. Professional Ethics: Ethical and legal considerations in personalized training.
1. Facility Management: Equipment, safety, and room organization;
2. Safety: Instructions, injury prevention, and equipment usage;
3. Anatomy and Physiology: Body functioning in strength training;
4. Training Plans: Individual programs for room users.
Group Classes
1. Construction Principles: Structure, sequence, and periodization of classes;
2. Modalities: Cycling, yoga, functional training, etc.;
3. Instruction: Leadership, motivation, and guidance;
4. Performance: Methods for assessing and enhancing performance;
5. Safety: Injury prevention and a secure environment.
Exercise Prescription
1. Physical Assessment: Measurement techniques, tests, and risk analysis;
2. Exercise Prescription: Customized programs based on goals;
3. Professional Ethics: Ethical and legal considerations in personalized training.
Teaching Methods
The completion of the internship in a gym/health club emphasizes practical and experiential learning, enabling students to understand its operation and acquire practical skills. Therefore, the content approach will focus on developing students' ability to learn autonomously and collaboratively in the construction of knowledge in a professional context, promoting not only problem-solving skills, critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration but also deepening relationships with the business sector, contributing to the development and attractiveness of the course. The use of digital resources will be integrated into the internship, in close communication with the gym/health club professionals, to facilitate the administration and monitoring of students' work.
Assessment
Continuous assessment is the recommended evaluation method and considers the following components:
Continuous Assessment (CA):
1. CA1 - 50%:Gym Performance - Skills demonstrated by the student in their internship.
2. CA2 - 50% Report - Description and justification of pedagogical and scientific issues; Coherence and relevance of planning, intervention, and evaluation decisions; Reflective and self-questioning ability; Explicitation of achieved learning.
Final Assessment (Normal, Final, and Special Exam Periods):**
1. FA1 - 60%: Report.
2. FA2 - 40%: The same work considered in CA1. This evaluation component is common to the continuous assessment regime (UÉ Academic Regulations), and the practical presentation component must take place during the period.
Passing requires achieving a minimum final grade of 9.5 points.
Continuous Assessment (CA):
1. CA1 - 50%:Gym Performance - Skills demonstrated by the student in their internship.
2. CA2 - 50% Report - Description and justification of pedagogical and scientific issues; Coherence and relevance of planning, intervention, and evaluation decisions; Reflective and self-questioning ability; Explicitation of achieved learning.
Final Assessment (Normal, Final, and Special Exam Periods):**
1. FA1 - 60%: Report.
2. FA2 - 40%: The same work considered in CA1. This evaluation component is common to the continuous assessment regime (UÉ Academic Regulations), and the practical presentation component must take place during the period.
Passing requires achieving a minimum final grade of 9.5 points.
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